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A00725 Summary:

BILL NOA00725 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRGallagher, Simon, Gonzalez-Rojas, Jackson, Burdick, Forrest, Seawright, Clark, Lunsford, Raga

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §239-c, Pub Health L; add §6505-f, Ed L

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Requires every physician, physician assistant, specialist assistant, registered nurse and licensed practical nurse to complete course work or training regarding human immunodeficiency virus and sexually transmitted infections testing and the elements of sexual health including sexual orientation and gender identity.

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BILL NOA00725 

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01/08/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 725

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, GALLAGHER, SIMON, GONZALEZ-ROJAS,
 JACKSON, BURDICK, FORREST, SEAWRIGHT, CLARK, LUNSFORD, RAGA -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
 to providing course work and training in HIV and STI testing

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2 239-c to read as follows:
 3 § 239-c. Course work or training in HIV and STI testing practices. (a)
 4 Every physician, physician assistant and specialist assistant practicing
 5 in the state shall, within one year of the effective date of this
 6 section and every four years thereafter, complete course work or train-
 7 ing, appropriate to the professional's practice, approved by the depart-
 8 ment regarding human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmit-
 9 ted infections (STI) testing, and the elements of sexual health
 10 including sexual orientation and gender identity. Such training shall
 11 include best practices for discussing routes and risks of HIV and STI
 12 transmission, advising as to the benefits of testing, the concept of
 13 informed consent, working with allied health professionals and trained
 14 peer health educators to facilitate testing upon consent, and providing
 15 respectful and dignified care for patients of all sexual orientations
 16 and gender identities, including patients who are intersex. The train-
 17 ings shall be conducted in accordance with regulatory standards promul-
 18 gated by the department in consultation with the department of educa-
 19 tion, to facilitate the testing of HIV and STIs in the course of
 20 professional practice. Such course work or training shall also be
 21 completed by every medical student, medical resident and physician
 22 assistant student in the state as part of the orientation programs

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02264-01-5

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 1 conducted by medical schools, medical residency programs and physician
 2 assistant programs.
 3 (b) Every physician, physician assistant, specialist assistant,
 4 medical student, medical resident and physician assistant student must
 5 provide to the department documentation demonstrating the completion of
 6 and competence in the course work or training required under subdivision
 7 (a) of this section, provided however, that physicians subject to the
 8 provisions of paragraph (f) of subdivision one of section twenty-eight
 9 hundred five-k of this chapter shall not be required to provide such
 10 documentation to the department.
 11 (c) The department shall provide an exemption from the requirements
 12 imposed by subdivision (a) of this section to anyone who requests such
 13 an exemption and who (i) clearly demonstrates to the department's satis-
 14 faction that there would be no need for such person to complete such
 15 course work or training because of the nature of such person's practice
 16 or (ii) that such person has completed course work or training deemed by
 17 the department to be equivalent to the st